After enduring an unhappy marriage, Lady Jane Roxdale, is now a widow and unwilling to remarry. Unfortunately the terms of her late husband's will left her with the money but her husband's cousin, Constantine Black, a disgraced libertine, with the estate and, even worse, guardianship of Luke, Fr...
When Frederick, Lord Roxdale, dies without children his entailed estate is to pass on to his cousin, Constantine, who is known by English society to be a rake. Meanwhile, Frederick’s widowed wife, Jane, is left to wonder what will become of the place she has considered home in the hands of a man ...
This was my first historical romance, which is a bit surprising to me -- although I have always been a medieval history fan, I don't tend to read much in the historical fiction realm. However, so many of my romance-reading friends are huge historical fans that I thought I'd give it a try. I was p...
I've enjoyed Brooks' work before, and when I saw this at the library, I decided to take a chance.It's a well-written story. Jonathan, the Earl of Davenport, is living a reckless and dissolute life after apparently returning from the dead. Hilary deVere has spent her life trying to escape from her...
Cecily had told him she intended to leave his house tomorrow. She must lose no time in locating that missing piece of correspondence, she said. If she didn’t find it in one of those trunks tonight, she must search Lady Davenport’s house. As it happened, he had an imminent appointment in town hims...
“If you so much as touch my Daisy, I’ll break your fingers,” Georgie hissed. With an ironic bow, he held the saddle out to her and dropped it into her arms. She received the heavy piece of tack with a muted “Oof!” Juggled it, staggered, then straightened. Murderous darts flew from those magnifice...
The garden was dark, lit only by a gibbous moon. The denizens of Little Thurston did not run to elaborate hospitality involving Chinese lanterns strung around the gardens. The assembly went on inside, and no one ventured out here into the dark. The garden was informal and would be a riot of color...